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Romantic False Lead
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
Film Series
Framing Device
Antagonist Title
Even Evil Has Loved Ones
Psycho for Hire
Adaptation Dye-Job
Taking the Bullet
Fanservice Extra
Villain Opening Scene
Hero of Another Story
Thriller
Mexican Standoff
Half the Man He Used to Be
Crapsack World
Call-Back
A Father to His Men
The '60s
Obfuscating Stupidity
Big Brother Instinct
Developing Doomed Characters
Dark and Troubled Past
Pretty Little Headshots
Demonic Possession
Only Sane Man
Unusually Uninteresting Sight
Mugging the Monster
Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
Made of Explodium
I'm a Humanitarian
Vampire Fiction
Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
Epic Fail
Mundane Made Awesome
Conspicuous CG
Slap-Slap-Kiss
Failed a Spot Check
Department of Redundancy Department
Punch-Clock Villain
The Un-Favourite
aka: The Un Favorite
Big Eater
All Men Are Perverts
Flashback
Honor Before Reason
Ungrateful Bastard
Green-Eyed Monster
Obstructive Bureaucrat
True Companions
Reckless Gun Usage
Rule of Funny
Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
Really Gets Around
Psychopathic Manchild
Reasonable Authority Figure
The Vamp
Damsel in Distress
Large Ham
Funny Foreigner
Male Frontal Nudity
Improbable Aiming Skills
Alpha Bitch
Star-Crossed Lovers
Video Credits
"Shaggy Dog" Story
Red Shirt
I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
Crucified Hero Shot
Authority Equals Asskicking
Adult Fear
Rasputinian Death
Fourth Date Marriage
Silence Is Golden
A God Am I
Homage
Chekhov's Skill
British Films
Made of Iron
Laser-Guided Karma
Major Injury Underreaction
Mighty Whitey
Big Applesauce
I Have Your Wife
Slashed Throat
Crazy-Prepared
The '90s
Plot Hole
Cool Old Lady
Heroic Sacrifice
Victoria's Secret Compartment
What Happened to the Mouse?
Cluster F-Bomb
He Who Fights Monsters
Artistic License Law
The Dragon
Jump Scare
Cool Old Guy
Neck Lift
Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene
Death by Adaptation
Important Haircut
Badass Bookworm
As You Know
Exact Words
Bullying a Dragon
Drives Like Crazy
Shirtless Scene
Villain with Good Publicity
Broken Bird
The Smart Guy
Jerkass Has a Point
Deliberately Monochrome
Apocalypse How
She Cleans Up Nicely
French Films
No Celebrities Were Harmed
Dirty Old Man
Male Gaze
Retirony
For Want of a Nail
Stuff Blowing Up
Dirty Cop
Insult Backfire
Rule of Three
Papa Wolf
Gold Digger
Parental Incest
Kick the Dog
Improbable Infant Survival
aka: Infant Immortality
Ghost Fiction
Mercy Kill
Kids Are Cruel
Bowdlerise
Dramatic Gun Cock
Good Is Not Nice
Your Cheating Heart
Italian Films
Zombie Stories
Not Even Bothering with the Accent
Training Montage
Fan Disservice
Bilingual Bonus
The Casanova
Creative Closing Credits
Novelization
Meaningful Background Event
Evil Counterpart
Death by Irony
Final Girl
Hero Antagonist
Kick the Son of a Bitch
Vitriolic Best Buds
Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
Fainting
The Starscream
Celebrity Paradox
Determinator
Colour-Coded for Your Convenience
aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience
Married to the Job
Facial Horror
Manchild
Comically Missing the Point
The Mafia
Scenery Gorn
Historical Hero Upgrade
FaceHeel Turn
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
La Résistance
Bond One-Liner
Affectionate Parody
The Hero
Laughing Mad
Sir Swears-a-Lot
Race Against the Clock
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
Get Out!
Call-Forward
Bring My Brown Pants
Pay Evil unto Evil
Red Eyes, Take Warning
Setting Update
Dressing as the Enemy
Evil Sounds Deep
Stealth Pun
Morality Pet
Genre Savvy
Adaptational Villainy
The Great Depression
Serious Business
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
Becoming the Mask
Wrong Genre Savvy
Depraved Bisexual
Fish out of Water
Obviously Evil
Shower Scene
Anyone Can Die
"Awesome McCool" Name
Gilligan Cut
Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer
Dark Reprise
Butt-Monkey
Bland-Name Product
Noodle Incident
Cool Shades
The Place
Immune to Bullets
Scare Chord
Wham Shot
Smoking Is Cool
Fun with Acronyms
Spanner in the Works
Faking the Dead
Annoying Younger Sibling
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
Drugs Are Bad
The Sociopath
Air-Vent Passageway
Bad Boss
Time Skip
Didn't Think This Through
Real Life
Foil
Rewatch Bonus
Chewing the Scenery
Back from the Dead
Dull Surprise
Yandere
Despair Event Horizon
Action Genre
Demoted to Extra
Straight Gay
Sexy Discretion Shot
Not So Above It All
Only Known by Their Nickname
Unusual Euphemism
Evil Plan
Undying Loyalty
Race Lift
Adaptation Distillation
Early-Bird Cameo
Ominous Latin Chanting
Karmic Death
Heel Realization
Bound and Gagged
Five-Man Band
Stock Footage
Cloudcuckoolander
The Un-Reveal
Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
Heroic BSoD
Mistaken for Gay
Affably Evil
Take a Third Option
Redshirt Army
Refuge in Audacity
Cold-Blooded Torture
Public Domain Feature Films
Eyepatch of Power
Arranged Marriage
Wounded Gazelle Gambit
20 Minutes into the Future
My Beloved Smother
N-Word Privileges
Off-into-the-Distance Ending
Unresolved Sexual Tension
Big Bad
Disproportionate Retribution
Darker and Edgier
Motor Mouth
Sadistic Choice
Ugly Guy, Hot Wife
Nice Hat
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
Composite Character
Awesome, but Impractical
Dirty Coward
Gainax Ending
Dissonant Serenity
Lighter and Softer
Real Life Writes the Plot
Scenery Porn
"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue
Kill It with Fire
Running Gag
Manipulative Bastard
Names to Run Away from Really Fast
Pyrrhic Victory
All Just a Dream
Let's Get Dangerous!
Mama Bear
Leave the Camera Running
O.O.C. Is Serious Business
Evil Laugh
Meaningful Echo
Works Set in World War II
Casting Gag
Twist Ending
Riddle for the Ages
Russian Films
The Faceless
Unreliable Narrator
Stalker with a Crush
Distracted by the Sexy
Artistic License History
Black Best Friend
Adapted Out
Punny Name
Covers Always Lie
Exactly What It Says on the Tin
Hidden Depths
Costume Porn
For the Evulz
Rich Bitch
Interrupted Suicide
Martial Arts Movie
Random Events Plot
Easily Forgiven
Berserk Button
Henpecked Husband
Determinator
aka: The Determinator
Sealed Evil in a Can
Documentary
Those Two Bad Guys
Anti-Villain
Killed Mid-Sentence
Not Using the "Z" Word
Gone Horribly Right
Gratuitous English
Sacrificial Lion
All for Nothing
Extreme Doormat
Word of God
Crazy Jealous Guy
Eiffel Tower Effect
Too Dumb to Live
Cool Guns
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
Only in It for the Money
Music Stories
Serial Killer
Break the Haughty
Plucky Comic Relief
Off with His Head!
Superhero
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
Lock and Load Montage
Faux Affably Evil
Left the Background Music On
Chase Scene
Batman Gambit
B-Movie
Big Fancy House
Hollywood Law
Fatal Flaw
Shell-Shocked Veteran
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome
Beard of Evil
Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Soft Glass
Historical Villain Upgrade
Intrepid Reporter
Took a Level in Badass
The Remake
The '80s
Death by Sex
Groin Attack
Rule of Symbolism
Epic Movie
Danny Peary Cult Movies List
Took a Level in Jerkass
Brutal Honesty
Australian Movies
Mystery and Detective Films
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
Properly Paranoid
Punctuated! For! Emphasis!
Soundtrack Dissonance
Alas, Poor Villain
Bunny-Ears Lawyer
Canon Foreigner
Artistic License Geography
The Hero Dies
Foreshadowing
One-Man Army
Leaning on the Fourth Wall
Gory Discretion Shot
Belligerent Sexual Tension
Contrived Coincidence
Artistic License Gun Safety
Mr. Fanservice
Pre-Asskicking One-Liner
Love at First Sight
Disguised in Drag
Early Installment Weirdness
Cassandra Truth
Accidental Murder
Suddenly SHOUTING!
Famous Last Words
Storming the Castle
Make It Look Like an Accident
Shoot the Shaggy Dog
Bond Villain Stupidity
Rape as Drama
Action Girl
Animal Title Index
Naked People Are Funny
The Power of Love
Pragmatic Villainy
Skewed Priorities
Bloodless Carnage
Non-Indicative Name
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
HeelFace Turn
You Have Failed Me
Cool Car
Aside Glance
Rated M for Manly
Bury Your Gays
No Antagonist
Have a Gay Old Time
The Voiceless
You Killed My Father
Our Zombies Are Different
Token Minority
Fiery Redhead
Oh, Crap!
Mr. Exposition
The Chessmaster
Red Oni, Blue Oni
Implacable Man
Kubrick Stare
Villain Song
Fantastic Racism
Driven to Suicide
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
Nice Guy
Parental Abandonment
The Chick
The Film of the Book
Freeze-Frame Bonus
Combat Pragmatist
Artistic License Military
Bloody Hilarious
'80s Hair
Even Evil Has Standards
Sequel Escalation
Market-Based Title
Closed Circle
MayDecember Romance
From Bad to Worse
Adorkable
Monumental Damage
Offscreen Moment of Awesome
Foregone Conclusion
Those Wacky Nazis
Logo Joke
Translation Convention
Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold
Femme Fatale
Anguished Declaration of Love
Not So Different
Revenge
Downer Ending
Everyone Has Standards
Re-Cut
Babies Ever After
Adaptational Attractiveness
Retired Badass
Drill Sergeant Nasty
Moment Killer
Never Trust a Trailer
aka: Trailers Always Lie
Artistic License Biology
Cruel and Unusual Death
Artistic License Physics
Domestic Abuse
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
Author Appeal
Would Hurt a Child
Ironic Echo
This Is Gonna Suck
Ambiguous Ending
Based on a True Story
Coming-of-Age Story
Blonde, Brunette, Redhead
After the End
Deus ex Machina
Attempted Rape
Badass Normal
The Stinger
An Aesop
BrotherSister Incest
Happily Married
Sci-Fi Horror
Lampshade Hanging
Room Full of Crazy
The Ghost
Only One Name
Product Placement
As the Good Book Says...
The Stoic
Blood from the Mouth
Parental Substitute
Frame-Up
Author Avatar
Outrun the Fireball
Corrupt Corporate Executive
Beta Couple
Hollywood Darkness
Enemy Mine
Camera Abuse
How We Got Here
Death Seeker
Missing Mom
Villain Protagonist
As Himself
Roaring Rampage of Revenge
Dropped a Bridge on Him
"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Credits Gag
Never Trust a Trailer
Sinister Minister
Bolivian Army Ending
Well-Intentioned Extremist
Maybe Ever After
Ascended Extra
Politically Incorrect Villain
Dark Action Girl
Retcon
Grey and Gray Morality
Award-Bait Song
Unwitting Instigator of Doom
Hypocritical Humor
Idiot Ball
Character Development
Abhorrent Admirer
A Date with Rosie Palms
The Reveal
Bar Brawl
Reality Has No Subtitles
Jitter Cam
Captain Ersatz
Car Fu
Sanity Slippage
Ripped from the Headlines
Leitmotif
Bait-and-Switch
Asshole Victim
It's Personal
Romantic Comedy
Gorn
Adults Are Useless
Big Bad Duumvirate
Evil Is Petty
Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
I Need a Freaking Drink
What the Hell, Hero?
Fat Bastard
Stepford Smiler
Fingore
Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday
Body Horror
Tap on the Head
Instant Death Bullet
Catapult Nightmare
Recycled IN SPACE!
Children Are Innocent
Deliberate Values Dissonance
Funny Background Event
Shipper on Deck
It's All About Me
Paper-Thin Disguise
The Mole
Narrator
Dwindling Party
Agony of the Feet
Deconstruction
Throwing Your Sword Always Works
Pimped-Out Dress
The Dreaded
Reality Is Unrealistic
Actor Allusion
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
Due to the Dead
From Nobody to Nightmare
Beauty Is Never Tarnished
Animal Motifs
Peek-a-Boo Corpse
The Oner
The Load
Cain and Abel
Ship Tease
Four-Temperament Ensemble
Toilet Humour
aka: Toilet Humor
Older Than They Look
Pun
aka: Incredibly Lame Pun
Ax-Crazy
Spiteful Spit
As Long as It Sounds Foreign
Cat Fight
Man on Fire
You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!
Match Cut
Fatal Family Photo
More Dakka
Tempting Fate
Canadian Movies
Disney Villain Death
Adaptational Heroism
Age Lift
Index of Film Westerns
Informed Ability
Arch-Enemy
Bad "Bad Acting"
I Did What I Had to Do
Action Survivor
Roger Ebert: Great Movies List
Evil vs. Evil
No-Sell
The Dog Bites Back
Armor-Piercing Question
Our Vampires Are Different
Decoy Protagonist
Break the Cutie
Television Movie Index
Curse Cut Short
Improbable Weapon User
World of Ham
Silent Movie
Bottomless Magazines
Rousing Speech
Vomit Indiscretion Shot
Would Hit a Girl
Genre Shift
There Is No Kill Like Overkill
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
The Smurfette Principle
Say My Name
Almost Kiss
All Girls Want Bad Boys
Wham Line
Genre Throwback
The Cavalry
Does This Remind You of Anything?
The End... Or Is It?
NO INDOOR VOICE
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Dutch Angle
Eldritch Abomination
Badass Longcoat
Pet the Dog
The Quiet One
Badass in a Nice Suit
Earn Your Happy Ending
Black Comedy Rape
Totally Radical
The Musical
Creepy Child
Guile Hero
Line-of-Sight Name
Stealth Hi/Bye
The Bully
Men Are the Expendable Gender
Evil Brit
Fantasy Films
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
Redemption Equals Death
Not Quite Dead
Playing Gertrude
Poor Communication Kills
Calling the Old Man Out
Not So Stoic
Show Within a Show
Wretched Hive
Put on a Bus
The Lost Lenore
Dying Moment of Awesome
Abusive Parents
Every Car Is a Pinto
Mooks
Spared by the Adaptation
Freudian Excuse
Shown Their Work
Military and Warfare Films
Posthumous Character
Broken Pedestal
Death of a Child
Dual Wielding
Malevolent Masked Men
Meaningful Name
Rule of Cool
The Stoner
Chekhov's Gunman
Never Found the Body
Defiant to the End
Improvised Weapon
Tagline
Stylistic Suck
Ambiguously Gay
Badass Boast
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Bittersweet Ending
Irony
One-Word Title
Whole Plot Reference
Hong Kong Films
Kill 'em All
Smug Snake
Eye Scream
Last-Name Basis
Recap /
RiffTrax
aka: Riff Trax Movies
Drowning My Sorrows
Ambiguous Disorder
Disappeared Dad
Gender Flip
It Will Never Catch On
Handicapped Badass
Light Is Not Good
Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism
Bi the Way
In Name Only
The Cameo
Adaptation Name Change
Mood Whiplash
Anachronism Stew
Tranquil Fury
Hate Sink
Amusing Injuries
Unspoken Plan Guarantee
timeperiod
Suspiciously Specific Denial
Adaptation Expansion
Accidental Misnaming
Psychological Thriller
Toplessness from the Back
Hoist by His Own Petard
Science Fiction Films
Small Name, Big Ego
Overly Long Gag
Insane Troll Logic
Pretty in Mink
Those Two Guys
Shut Up, Hannibal!
Pre-Mortem One-Liner
Hair-Trigger Temper
Breaking the Fourth Wall
Expository Hairstyle Change
Action Prologue
Dumb Blonde
Chiaroscuro
A Minor Kidroduction
Daddy's Girl
Historical In-Joke
Amoral Attorney
Eagleland
My Greatest Failure
A.I. Is a Crapshoot
Mad Scientist
And the Adventure Continues
Aluminum Christmas Trees
Daylight Horror
Christmas Movies Index
Ass Shove
In Medias Res
The '50s
Big "NO!"
Destination Defenestration
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
Catch-Phrase
Love Triangle
Curb-Stomp Battle
And I Must Scream
Advertised Extra
Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome
Super Strength
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
Camp Gay
Precision F-Strike
Boom, Headshot!
Knight Templar
Protagonist Title
Here We Go Again!
Pragmatic Adaptation
Suspiciously Similar Substitute
Dramatic Irony
Blackmail
Guns Akimbo
My God, What Have I Done?
Parental Neglect
Dogged Nice Guy
Woman Scorned
Diabolus ex Machina
Badass Grandpa
Dramedy
Spiritual Successor
Spell My Name with an "S"
Fake Shemp
Heterosexual Life-Partners
Trailers Always Spoil
One Steve Limit
Title Drop
No OSHA Compliance
Evil-Detecting Dog
Actually Pretty Funny
Grievous Bottley Harm
Friend to All Children
Corpsing
Getting Crap Past the Radar
Shout-Out
Scary Black Man
Woman in White
Black Comedy
Police Brutality
Biopic
Empathic Environment
Expy
Slasher Smile
Evil Is Hammy
Wicked Cultured
The Lancer
Screw This, I'm Outta Here!
Humiliation Conga
Bare Your Midriff
Historical-Domain Character
Greater-Scope Villain
Black and Gray Morality
Black Dude Dies First
Horror Films
Dark Is Not Evil
Humans Are Bastards
Captain Obvious
War Is Hell
No Name Given
Bald of Evil
She's Got Legs
Film Noir
Adaptational Badass
Hypocrite
Horror Comedy
An Arm and a Leg
Mythology Gag
The Alcoholic
Not What It Looks Like
No Ending
Anti-Hero
Once More, with Clarity!
Slasher Movie
Sole Survivor
An Axe to Grind
Loads and Loads of Characters
The Brute
MacGuffin
Deal with the Devil
Death Glare
Anachronic Order
Jerkass
Vacation Films
And Starring
Book-Ends
Heroes Want Redheads
Manly Tears
Brainless Beauty
Arc Words
Worthy Opponent
Better to Die than Be Killed
Continuity Nod
Betty and Veronica
Dies Wide Open
Auto Erotica
Extremely Short Timespan
Mind Screw
The '70s
Double Entendre
Fire-Forged Friends
Manic Pixie Dream Girl
Blood Knight
German Films
The Bad Guy Wins
Up to Eleven
Face Death with Dignity
Be Careful What You Wish For
Animated Credits Opening
Same Language Dub
Eureka Moment
All There in the Script
What You Are in the Dark
"Well Done, Son!" Guy
The Ace
Very Loosely Based on a True Story
Needs Wiki Magic Love
Card-Carrying Villain
It Can Think
Darkest Hour
Villainous Breakdown
Establishing Character Moment
Sequel Hook
Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
Your Head A-Splode
Taking You with Me
Reality Ensues
Villain Ball
Insistent Terminology
Creator Cameo
Cowboy Cop
The Alleged Car
Loophole Abuse
Red Right Hand
Did Not Get the Girl
Alliterative Name
Cat Scare
Film Noir Index
Ms. Fanservice
Central Theme
Does Not Like Shoes
Chekhov's Gun
Meet Cute
Brick Joke
Never My Fault
Naïve Newcomer
The X of Y
Bloodier and Gorier
Red Herring
Bavarian Fire Drill
All There in the Manual
Together in Death
Madness Mantra
Deadpan Snarker
Police are Useless
Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique
Hope Spot
Double-Meaning Title
The Big Guy
Defrosting Ice Queen
Nothing Is Scarier
Big-Bad Ensemble
Fanservice
BFG
Country Matters
Hell Is That Noise
Knife Nut
Visual Pun
Only a Flesh Wound
In the Back
Sassy Black Woman
Take That!
Blatant Lies
Broken Aesop
Hooker with a Heart of Gold
Intergenerational Friendship
Offscreen Teleportation
Imagine Spot
Sports Stories
Big Damn Heroes
Fate Worse than Death
Self-Deprecation
Beware the Nice Ones
Disney Death
Neck Snap
Flipping the Bird
Karma Houdini
Truth in Television
He Knows Too Much
Japanese Films
Jerk Jock
The Ditz
Vomit Discretion Shot
Overprotective Dad
The Atoner